Do you want to live like Paris Hilton?

If there are classics in the world of mass culture, then this classic will be Paris Hilton. The classic "socialite". She is a bit of an actress, and a bit of a singer and a fashion model, and a bit of a designer. But she is not known for this, she is known for the fact that she is exactly her. Paris Hilton is known for being Paris Hilton. And hardly anyone will be able to remember her roles or her songs, but her name will be remembered by everyone. There are other "socialites" near Paris Hilton, for example, Kim Kardashian... There are also its "national counterparts", for example, "Russian Paris Hilton" is called Ksenia Sobchak. Tighter Ksenia Sobchak they are also called “the main socialite of Russia”, but Paris Hilton proudly bears the title of “the main socialite of the planet”.

Paris Hilton was born on February 17, 1981. Her parents are Rick and Katie Hilton. But the great-grandfather is exactly the same Hilton, namely Conrad Hilton, the founder of the large Hilton hotel chain. Based on the character of Paris, one would assume that she was the youngest child in the family, but this is far from the case. Paris is the oldest child in the family. She has a younger sister, Nicky, and two younger brothers, Barron and Konrad.

As a child, Paris lived with her family in Manhattan, New York, and then in Beverly Hills, in western Los Angeles County. It was there that she met Kim Kardashian and Nicole Richie. She studied Paris Hilton at the Dwight School in New York, from where she was expelled. But, despite this, she still managed to get a secondary education.

The heiress of the Hilton empire, soon deprived of her inheritance by her own grandfather for misbehavior, built her career in several areas.

Model business.

Paris Hilton worked as a model in such modeling agenciessuch as: Ford Models Management in New York, Models 1 Agency in London, Nous Model Management in Los Angeles and Premier Model Management in London. She signed her first contract with a modeling agency in 2000, and it was Donald Trump's T Management modeling agency.

Paris Hilton starred for the covers of glossy magazines, appeared in advertisements for Iceberg, GUESS, Tommy Hilfiger, Marciano and Christian dior.

Actress and TV presenter.

The first television show, which brought Paris Hilton's popularity, was the reality show "Simple Life". The show aired on Fox. There were three seasons, the show was a success, but then there was a quarrel between Paris Hilton and her colleague on the show, as well as friend Nicole Richie (daughter of singer Lionel Richie). The show was closed. But then, after a while, the third and fourth seasons of this show appeared on the E channel, on which the equally popular show "Catching up with the Kardashians" was shown with the participation of another friend of Paris Kim Kardashian.

Paris Hilton has played supporting roles in films such as Nine Lives (2002), Fashion Mom (2004), House of Wax (2005). And for her role as Paige Edwards in The House of Wax, she even won the Teen Choice Awards for ... Best Scream and was nominated for Breakthrough of the Year.

Then she starred in the films "Drink to the Bottom" and "Blonde in Chocolate". In 2008 she received three Golden Raspberry Awards for her role in the film Beauty and the Ugly.

Singer.

In 2004, Paris Hilton decided to try herself as a singer and began recording her own album Paris, which was released in August 2006 and peaked at number six on the Billboard 200. In 2004, Paris Hilton also founded her own music label, Heiress Records. And in 2007, she started recording her second album, for which she equipped a music studio right at home.

Writer.

It is worth thinking that if the "secular lioness" has not tried herself in the role of a writer, then she is not a "secular lioness" at all. Like Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton also wrote a book, a book about herself.Namely, his autobiography "Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose", which was released in the fall of 2004 and for which Paris Hilton received $ 100,000. The book was co-written with Merle Ginsberg. And despite the fact that Paris Hilton's autobiographical book was immediately crushed by critics, it became one of the most widely sold books of that year.

Designer.

Paris Hilton took part in the creation of a collection of bags by the Japanese company Samantha Thavasa, as well as a line of jewelry for the Amazon.com online store. In 2004, she also launched a perfume line with Parlux Fragrances. She later worked on the design of a beach club in the Philippines.

According to Forbes magazine, Paris Hilton's income in 2003-2004 was $ 2 million, in 2004-2005 - $ 6.5 million, in 2005-2006 - $ 7 million, in 2006-2007 - $ 8. $ 3 million.

Paris Hilton also had problems with the law related to problems with cars. So in 2006 she was detained on suspicion of drunk driving. At the trial, she pleaded guilty. And she was fined, plus she was also given a probationary period of 36 months. But already in January 2007, Paris Hilton was again detained for driving with revoked driving license. And in February - for speeding and driving with the headlights off in the dark. As a result, at the trial, she was sentenced to 45 days in prison. But soon, without having spent half the term, she was released for health reasons.

Like Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton got into trouble. Paris's story began in 2000, when she began dating Rick Salomon, the ex-husband of Pamela Anderson. And three years after they parted, a video of an intimate nature with their participation appeared on the Internet, and soon it got into the press. And in June 2004 the video was released on DVD under the title "One Night with Paris". Paris sued Rick Salomon for distributing this video, but the case was settled before the trial and Rick Salomon was obliged to pay Paris 400 thousand dollars, but later, according to Paris Hilton, she never received the money. The very same film "One Night with Paris" received three awards of the prestigious porn academy AVN Awards.

From 2002 to 2003, Paris Hilton was engaged to Jason Shaw, but it never came to a wedding. She then dated singer Nick Carter. In May 2005, the engagement was announced to the heir to the Greek shipowners Paris Latsis, but after five months the engagement was terminated. Paris Hilton also dated Stavras Niarchos, the son of a Greek millionaire, Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden, and S. Waits nightclub owner.

In one of her interviews, when asked what an ideal man should be for her, Paris Hilton said: “I am attracted to witty, funny men who know a lot about life and can teach me a lot. Unfortunately, I rarely meet such people. In general, I really want my boyfriend to become gay, because gays care more about their appearance. Gay guys are very simple - they are much more fun and dress better, and much more sexy. All the sexiest guys are gay. "